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    • Mar 18, 1885
    Songwriter Ed Nelson is born in Flushing, New York. The father of songwriters Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson Jr., the senior Nelson pens Red Foley's "Hang Your Head In Shame" and Hank Williams' "Settin' The Woods On Fire"
    Oct 25, 1885
    Lyricist Sam Lewis is born in New York City. The author of "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)," he also pens the Jimmie Rodgers hit "In The Hills Of Tennessee"
    Aug 31, 1886
    Songwriter George Cobb is born in Mexico, New York. He writes Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee" and The Blue Sky Boys' "Are You From Dixie?"
    Oct 24, 1889
    Record executive Frank Walker is born in Fly Summit, New York. Associated with early jazz and bluegrass recordings at Columbia and RCA, he becomes the first president of MGM in 1947, signing Hank Williams
    Oct 2, 1890
    Comedian Groucho Marx is born in New York, New York. One of his one-liners inspires David Bellamy to write The Bellamy Brothers' hit "If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
    May 5, 1891
    Carnegie Hall opens in New York, with Peter Tchaikovsky leading the New York Symphony Society. Over the years, Carnegie Hall hosts country performances by Glen Campbell, Buck Owens, Reba McEntire and Willie Nelson, among others
    Feb 5, 1892
    Dorothy Goetz is born in Buffalo, New York. She's destined to become the first wife of "Blue Skies" songwriter Irving Berlin, though the marriage doesn't last long. She contracts an illness on their honeymoon in 1912 and dies within a year
    Sep 19, 1892
    Pop songwriter Fred Ahlert is born in New York, New York. He writes "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)," which is recorded by The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey before eventually becoming a country hit for Marty Robbins in 1977
    Sep 20, 1892
    Songwriter Roy Turk is born in New York, New York. He writes Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome To-night?" and Marty Robbins' "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)"
    Dec 24, 1893
    Songwriter Harry Warren is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for such titles as "Jeepers Creepers" and "We're In The Money," he also writes "I Only Have Eyes For You," which Mandy Barnett covers for the 2000 movie "Space Cowboys"
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